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Marpha in March

Chilly and damp, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

March in Marpha is chilly: highs near 47°F, lows near 16°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 49 minutes from the first week to the last.March in Marpha is chilly: highs near 8°C, lows near -9°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and the days lengthen by 49 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
47°F8°Caverage
Low
16°F-9°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 33% of days
Daylight
11h 57mon average

Is March a good time to visit Marpha?

March sits outside Marpha's best months, which run from June to August. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How March sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 47°F in March, against 42°F to 71°F through the year.Highs near 8°C in March, against 6°C to 22°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

33% of days in March, against 18% to 99% through the year.

Cloud cover

34% cover in March, against 14% to 80% through the year.

Daylight

11h 57m in March, against 10h 20m to 13h 57m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with March shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. February42°6°low 13°low -11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. March47°8°low 16°low -9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. April54°12°low 22°low -6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Marpha sits, in March

Asia/Kathmandu
this place
typical high in March 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-March
6:21 AMsets 6:18 PM
Above the sea
2,800 mhigh country
Latitude
28.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Pumdibhumdi68 km south-east

The land around Marpha, shaded by its typical high in March, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Nepal in March

high · low · wet days
See March on the planning mapThe whole year in Marpha

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Marpha. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,800 m) against the climate model's (3,963 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (2,800 m) against the climate model's (3,963 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.